Fall 2004 VON Conference & Expo took place October 18-21 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, MA.

The VON Events focus on the convergence of the Telecom and Internet Industries. We are the meeting place for the IP Communications Industry...and we focus on the issues effecting the VoIP revolution. While Voice over Packet technologies are covered at the VON events, we are not just about voice.

Due to higher than average demand, conference presentations will not be available until early next week.

Our sold out exhibit floor showcased 190+ companies and represented a great snapshot of the IP Communications Industry -- covering the marketplace from the perspectives of: Enterprise Users, Service Providers, Consumer services and the Industry as a whole.

Fall 2004 VON brought together more than 5,000 people from 55 countries, and we are expecting an even greater number of people to join us at Spring 2005 VON given the continued growing buzz within the VoIP Industry.

We were proud to have both FCC Chairman Powell and Senator John Sununu join us in Boston at Fall 2004 VON.

Based on feedback from past delegates, we know that one of the key benefits of attending the VON Conference is to put you into a position where you can take advantage of the business networking and development opportunities available only at our VON events. The VON events provide a unique opportunity to quickly get up to speed with the state of the IP communications industry and enable yourself to best take advantage of related opportunities as we move into 2005.

VON is generally smaller and much more focused than the larger communication/telecom events. The advantage of our approach is that it is much easier to navigate through our community and meet the people you are looking for. The pulver.com VON team is always available to help you connect with the community and make introductions when you are on-site.

Over 300 Industry leaders spoke at the Fall 2004 VON Conference.

Keynotes & Industry Perspectives @ Fall 2004 VON included:

Chairman Michael Powell, FCC Senator John Sununu, New Hampshire Cathy Martine, Senior Vice President, Internet Telephony, AT&T Shabtai Adlersberg, CEO & President, AudioCodes Denzil Samuels, VP, Service Provider Division, Avaya Deb Lenart, President & CEO, Callipso* Charles Giancarlo, Sr. VP & CTO, Cisco Systems Peter Briscoe, President & CEO, Convedia Marc Zionts, CEO, Excel Swtiching Christopher Fine, Vice President, Goldman Sachs Jack Waters, EVP, CTO & President Voice Technologies, Level(3) Communications Anoop Gupta, Corporate VP, Real-Time Collaboration Business Unit, Microsoft * Dr. Kevin Kealy, Security Scientist, AT&T Labs * Sir Terry Matthews, Chairman, Newport/Mitel Networks Sunil Bhalla, Sr. VP & GM of Voice Communications, Polycom * Brian Forbes, VP of Business Development, Netrake * Jim Hourihan, VP Mktg. & Product Mgmt. Acme Packet * Michael Hassett, Sr. VP, Retail Markets Product Mgmt., Verizon Communications * David Gurle, EVP, Reuters * James Crowe, CEO, Level 3 Communications * Stef van Aarle, VP, LWS Marketing & Strategy / VP, Professional Service Product Mgmt., Lucent Technologies Danny Petkevich, Director of Mktg., Infrastructure DSPs, Freescale Semiconductor Eric Giler, CEO/Founder, Brooktrout Joe Rinde, President, Rinde Associates Todd Simpson, COO, Jasomi Networks * Brough Turner, SVP & CTO, NMS Communications Al Safarikas, VP, Service Provider Mktg., Wireline Networks, Nortel Networks* John Yoakum, Emerging Opportunities, Nortel Networks Jeff Pulver, CEO, pulver.com Joseph Licata, President, Enterprise Networks Division, Siemens Information & Communication Networks* Hassan Ahmed, President & CEO, Sonus Networks* Val Babajov, President & CEO, Webmessenger Note (* = Keynote)

Pre-conference Workshops included:

FCC Town Hall Meeting - Hosted by: Dr. Robert Pepper, Chief, Office of Plans and Policy, FCC Fall 2004 Telecom Policy Summit Fall 2004 Wi-Fi VoIP Summit 2004 Landline Replacement Summit Building the VoIP Central Office SIP Tutorial Telecom Manager's Roundtable

Co-located at Fall 2004 VON Conference & Expo was our VON Enterprise Forum.

The 2004 Fall VON Expo was one of our largest exhibit floors and it was almost three times the size of our show floor a year ago. At Fall 2004 VON it was clear that the future of the Communications Industry is being driven by the IP Communications space.

Fall 2004 VON Exhibit Hours:

• Monday, October 18th: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Welcome Reception)
• Tuesday, October 19: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
• Wednesday, October 20: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
• Thursday, October 21: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

The "All Conference" Party will be taking place on October 20th from 8:00 PM - 1:00 AM. Special Musical Guests include: The Goo Goo Dolls.

The delegate registration fee includes daily: Continental Breakfast, Lunch and Morning/Afternoon refreshments. Our sit-down two course conference lunch creates an environment for delegates to take advantage of additional business-to-business networking. The pulver.com staff is also available to help make introductions to other conference delegates.

Please note that while an "exhibits only" pass does not provide access to the conference sessions, it does provide access to all of our Keynotes.

If you have any questions please feel free to either email: von2004@pulver.com or call us at +1.631.961.8950

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